Garment-fastener.



W. F. PEET. GARMENT FASTENER- APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 12, 1906.

ms NORRIS PETERS no, Amsa PATENTED MAY 14, 1907;

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WALTER F. PEET, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNsYLvANI AssIeNoH or oNE- HALF To EDWARD B. PEET, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14,1907.

Application filed March 12, 1906. Serial No. 305,650.

To LtZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER F. PEET, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Garment-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a certain improvement in that class of garment fasteners known as invisible eyes each of which consists of a bar, raised slightly above the surface of the garment for engagement with a hook, said bar having, at each end, a threadreceiving eye whereby it can be secured to the garment.

My invention relates especially to such of said fasteners as have thread-receiving eyes of triangular form which permit of the bunching of the securing threads at the three angles presented by each eye, and thus insure the firm retention of the fastener in its proper position upon the garment.

My invention consists in indenting or I pressing inwardly the opposite side members of such a triangular eye, in order to form internal shoulders between the apex angle and base angles of the eye, which shoulders will serve "to retain the bunches or groups of stitches in their proper locations.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of a garment fastener constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the same, on a still larger scale, and Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a special form of my improved fastener.

In all of the figures of the drawing 1 represents the raised bar of the fastener, which is bent at each end so as to form first the short vertical leg 2, and then a thread-receiving eye 3 of substantially triangular form, with the apex of the triangle at the outer portion of the eye, as shown. Instead, however, of the sides of the triangle being straight, as usual, each of said sides is indented or pressed inwardly so as to forminternal shoulders between the apex and base angles of the eye, these shoulders, by preference, being so formed as to contract the outlet from one or all of the thread-receiving loops or angles of the eye. As shown in Fig.2, the shoulders 4 only contract the thread-receiving loop at the'outer portion or apex of the triangle, but as shown in Fig. 3, there are in addition to the shoulders 4, other shoulders 5, which contract the thread-receiving loops at the base angles of the eye. By this means not only is material displacement of the eye in respect to the group or bunch of stitches 6 at the apex rendered practically impossible, but like displacement of the base angles of the eye, in respect to the groups orbunches of stitches 7 at those points is also prevented.

I claim l. A garment fastener consisting of a hookengaging bar, with thread-receiving eyes at its ends, each of said eyes being of substantially triangular form, but having indented sides forming internal shoulders which contract the outlet from the thread receiving loop at the apex of the eye, substantially as specified. I

2. A garment fastener consisting of a hookengaging bar, with thread-receiving eyes at its ends, each of said eyes being of substantially triangular form, but having indented sides'forming internal shoulders which contract the outlet from the thread-receiving loop at the apex of the triangle, and reduce to semi-circular form the loops at the other angles, substantially as specified.

name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER F. PEET.

Witnesses WALTER CHIsM, J 0s. H. KLEIN.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my 

